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Re: Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store

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Post by tuxie_ »

svnpenn wrote: post #62
kklisura wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I expected to learn something from it - especially when it's popped on the front page of HN. Am I expecting too much of HN? My train of thought when I saw the link "a key-value store": what data-structure are they using? A hashmap? How are they resolving conflicts? Is it in memory? How are they persisting data? Do they support multiple instances? What about concurrency? etc. Of course I might be a bit disappointed wh…

It's not HN job to entertain you. Someone wrote some software they thought was useful, so they are sharing it. If you don't like it down vote and move on. Get off your high horse.

That's a bit harsh, while I don't agree with OP I don't think that your language helps in promoting a healthy discussion about what is reasonable to expect from a HN front-page post.

Also you say that "it's not HN job to entertain you". What is HN's job then? Because honestly I do come here to read things that entertain me.

Re: Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store

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Post by [deleted] »

mbreese wrote: post #70

I have so many questions about this. Much of the architecture seems off to me. I like the concept, but it doesn't seem as secure as it could be. For the README, I'd hope to find a bit more information about the way data is stored and transmitted. For example, this seems to just be a SQLite database with values in fields? Is there a separate encryption key for the database itself? Otherwise anyone with access to the f…

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Re: Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store

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Post by [deleted] »

tuxie_ wrote: post #71
svnpenn wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not HN job to entertain you. Someone wrote some software they thought was useful, so they are sharing it. If you don't like it down vote and move on. Get off your high horse.

That's a bit harsh, while I don't agree with OP I don't think that your language helps in promoting a healthy discussion about what is reasonable to expect from a HN front-page post. Also you say that "it's not HN job to entertain you". What is HN's job then? Because honestly I do come here to read things that entertain me.

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Re: Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store

#75

Post by pvg »

kklisura wrote: post #41
tuxie_ wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't that the whole point of "Show HN"? Or what do you expect when you click on a "Show HN" story?

I expected to learn something from it - especially when it's popped on the front page of HN. Am I expecting too much of HN? My train of thought when I saw the link "a key-value store": what data-structure are they using? A hashmap? How are they resolving conflicts? Is it in memory? How are they persisting data? Do they support multiple instances? What about concurrency? etc. Of course I might be a bit disappointed wh…

Take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

If it makes no sense, ask a question or ignore it if it's not interesting. But you can't just one-liner shit on other people's Show HN, whatever you expect.

Re: Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store

#76

Post by svnpenn »

tuxie_ wrote: post #71
svnpenn wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not HN job to entertain you. Someone wrote some software they thought was useful, so they are sharing it. If you don't like it down vote and move on. Get off your high horse.

That's a bit harsh, while I don't agree with OP I don't think that your language helps in promoting a healthy discussion about what is reasonable to expect from a HN front-page post. Also you say that "it's not HN job to entertain you". What is HN's job then? Because honestly I do come here to read things that entertain me.

To be news. I can understand if you missed that, it's not very obvious from visiting the home page.

Re: Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store

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Post by nibbleshifter »

mkoryak wrote: post #58

Somewhat unrelated: Can one buy kvass starter in the United States, and if so, what is it called? I'm not interested in bottled kvass, it never tastes like the real thing and you don't get to watch kvass explosions in the bottle as it is being made

You don't need a starter? You can just make one trivially.

There's a pretty amusing "Life of Boris" video that shows how on YT.

Re: Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store

#78

Post by koheripbal »

mbreese wrote: post #70

I have so many questions about this. Much of the architecture seems off to me. I like the concept, but it doesn't seem as secure as it could be. For the README, I'd hope to find a bit more information about the way data is stored and transmitted. For example, this seems to just be a SQLite database with values in fields? Is there a separate encryption key for the database itself? Otherwise anyone with access to the f…

I just use WinSCP with remote file encryption turned on and have VeraCrypt for the local temp storage.

That way my entire working file system is encrypted at rest, in transit, and while stored remotely - entirely with heavily mature off the shelf open source tools.

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